Why read I Love Lucy?

Book cover of I Love Lucy: Discovering America’s Best-Loved Sitcom

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Running from 1951 to 1957 and in syndication for more than fifty years, I Love Lucy has a permanent place in the hearts of American television-watchers and has reached multiple generations of viewers. Based on the humorous antics of a New York City housewife, her Cuban bandleader husband, and their…

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1 author picked I Love Lucy as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Mark A. Robinson

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For many, I Love Lucy, starring comic genius Lucille Ball, epitomizes what the great American classic television comedy is. Ben Nussbaum’s I Love Lucy: Discovering America’s Best-Loved Sitcom takes a closer look at this side-splitting comedy and gives us a glimpse into why 70-years later, people still love the antics of the title character.

From Mark's list on television comedy.